Blog 090414

When we started thinking about the passion project I honestly had no idea. I am very passionate about many things, you could get me to easily type up ten pages on just about anything, from video games to the faults of capitalism but with this size project all that was left was "what do I not hate enough?". If I really liked something, I don't want to get sick of it by having to constantly think about it critically, after all, ignorance is bliss. Just enjoying the best parts of something is something I'm good at. I have to enjoy what I do this on though, right? Otherwise the entire project would be torture. So when settling into what could possibly fit this criteria, I went through some social issues as options, as I am pretty passionate about human rights, but I realized as well, I would have to do such extensive research I met get known for being that kid that never shuts up about womens' rights or ableism or something, which while I'm passionate for them, I don't want a reputation like that. In the end, while thinking about how much I deeply disliked this entire concept, I got into my commonly-thought-out hatred of the American school system. "This entire thing is so unnecessary! Wouldn't it be better to be learning to do taxes instead of math I won't use?" "Why not be taking specialized classes for the job I want instead of generalized classes I can't understand?" not to mention the ableism ingrained in public schools, the binarism, the hints of misogyny. I guess my best option for the passion project is just an outright refusal to entirely respect the project itself? I think it would be an interesting idea, to say the least. If this is confirmed as something I could do, I would spring for the concept. I think it would be a great project if I could find some of many issues in the american school system, and I could find plenty of material on it through searches into why some schools are failing, why students have decreased morale, why depression and anxiety rates are up, etc. etc.